Heading out in a few minutes for some reception-week pampering. Hopefully some of the stress toxins of the week will be pushed or flushed or sucked out of my body, and the rest of the week will flow smoothly and uneventfully. When finished tonight both my pores and my aura will be clean and my only problem will be maintaining that state through Saturday.

Seriously kiddies, I know marriage is new to The Gays, and maybe we have some learning to do, but our wedding was beautiful. The key: there were only five people there, including both grooms, and only five people in the world with advance knowledge. I’m very glad we let that be small, and gave ourselves three months to corral together The Hundred for the after-party. Don’t know how I could have dealt with the emotion of the marriage and the chaos of the reception planning all at the same time. I’m not even sure how I’ll deal with them separated by three months.

Stressing a bit about the upcoming reception. Nothing seriously wrong, just enough going on that’s out of my control that I get stressed. But I stumbled on this a few minutes ago at our photographer’s website:

Pretty pictures take my mind off everything else that I should be working on.

The photographer who will be working at our reception, Bryson Kim, has an gallery of his work at the 5th Annual Fire Knife Competition at his site, Island Pix. I always love watching these guys in action, and Bryson did such an amazing job capturing the motion in still images that I had to give a shout from here.

We owe an incredible debt to Del Martin for her advocacy over the years that led to us having the right to get married.  So, how ironic is it that I was sitting here working on invitations for our reception when I learned about her death? 

Finally got rid of the placeholder graphic (which I really liked) and got some content on the wedding site. 

Yes, Spinner and I were married on Wednesday.  He proposed to me minutes after the Supreme Court decision was announced last month, and once I got over being proposed to via text message, I said yes.  After two and one-half years together there was never really any consideration of any other answer. 

We spent a lot of time exploring options, and in the end decided we wanted a simple and intimate ceremony for the marriage itself, to be followed by a reception/blow-out to beat all blow-outs for all the family and friends.  That second event is tentatively scheduled for October 4.

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- Last day of vacation.  First day I can say I just went surfing with my husband.

- The current translation of blushing June bride is sunburned June Party B.

- By some coincidental timing, some thoughts on marriage equality over at KPBS.